The Yellow Bird Sings
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Part 1
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Part 2
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Part 3
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Part 4
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Note About Polish Surnames
Translations
Acknowledgments
Author’s Note
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. The town names Gracja and Celestyn are fictional names. Any resemblance to real town names is purely coincidental.
THE YELLOW BIRD SINGS. Copyright © 2020 by Jennifer Rosner. All rights reserved. For information, address Flatiron Books, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
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Cover design by Keith Hayes
Cover photographs: bird © SusanGaryPhotography/Getty Images; postcard © Ratikova/Shutterstock.com
Hide/seek portion of homily in chapter 26 adapted from “Epiphany O Godhead Hid” by Geoffrey Foot, January 1, 2018
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Rosner, Jennifer, author.
Title: The yellow bird sings / Jennifer Rosner.
Description: First edition. | New York: Flatiron Books, 2020.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019045279 | ISBN 9781250179760 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250759870 (international, sold outside the United States, subject to rights availability) | ISBN 978120179777 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: World War, 1939–1945—Poland—Fiction | GSAFD: Historical fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3618.O84513 Y45 2020 | DDC 813/.6—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019045279
eISBN 9781250179777
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First U.S. Edition: March 2020
First International Edition: March 2020